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(11) EP 3 084 882 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
26.10.2016 Bulletin 2016/43

(21) Application number: 13811430.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.12.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01Q 15/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2013/076724
(87) International publication number:
WO 2015/090351 (25.06.2015 Gazette 2015/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(71) Applicant: Esa European Space Agency
75738 Paris Cedex (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • SABBADINI, Marco
    2318 MT Leiden (NL)
  • MINATTI, Gabriele
    50012 Bagno a Ripoli (Firenze) (IT)
  • MACI, Stefano
    50124 Firenze (IT)
  • PATRIZIO DE VITA, Paolo
    56121 Pisa (IT)

(74) Representative: MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB 
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) METHOD FOR DESIGNING A MODULATED METASURFACE ANTENNA STRUCTURE